# Login works OK, no problems, but I get an extra login failure message

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-10\
**Created:** [February 9, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194 "2026-02-09T19:23:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrancisKing381](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@FrancisKing381](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrancisKing381)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194/1 "2026-02-09T19:23:52Z")

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Hello. I’m running Rocky OS 10 (details below).

No problems logging it. On the login screen I enter my credentials, and Rocky OS tells me that I am logged on.

But then it also says that there was a failed login from the last successful login. Well, there wasn’t a login failure before, so I don’t know what’s going on. I’m curious to find out what’s going on.

francis@localhost:~$ cat /etc/os-release  
NAME=“Rocky Linux”  
VERSION=“10.1 (Red Quartz)”  
ID=“rocky”  
ID\_LIKE=“rhel centos fedora”  
VERSION\_ID=“10.1”  
PLATFORM\_ID=“platform:el10”  
PRETTY\_NAME=“Rocky Linux 10.1 (Red Quartz)”  
ANSI\_COLOR=“0;32”  
LOGO=“fedora-logo-icon”  
CPE\_NAME=“xxxx”  
HOME\_URL=“xxxx“  
VENDOR\_NAME=“RESF”  
VENDOR\_URL=”xxxxxx”  
BUG\_REPORT\_URL=”xxxxx”  
SUPPORT\_END=“2035-05-31”  
ROCKY\_SUPPORT\_PRODUCT=“Rocky-Linux-10”  
ROCKY\_SUPPORT\_PRODUCT\_VERSION=“10.1”  
REDHAT\_SUPPORT\_PRODUCT=“Rocky Linux”  
REDHAT\_SUPPORT\_PRODUCT\_VERSION=“10.1”

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**Author:** ![R\_O\_C\_K\_Y\_L\_I\_N\_U\_X](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/r_o_c_k_y_l_i_n_u_x/32/5594_2.png) [@R\_O\_C\_K\_Y\_L\_I\_N\_U\_X](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/R_O_C_K_Y_L_I_N_U_X)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194/2 "2026-02-09T19:59:15Z")

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> [@FrancisKing381](#):
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> says that there was a failed login from the last successful login.

question: anything relevant in the log file /var/log/secure

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**Author:** ![FrancisKing381](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@FrancisKing381](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrancisKing381)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194/3 "2026-02-10T12:21:51Z")

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Not sure. The only error is this one. It seems to happen a lot.

“gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file”

`Feb 9 19:07:10 localhost sshd[1891]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.`  
`Feb 9 19:07:10 localhost sshd[1891]: Server listening on :: port 22.`  
`Feb 9 19:07:10 localhost (systemd)[1913]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user gdm(uid=42) by gdm(uid=0)`  
`Feb 9 19:07:11 localhost gdm-launch-environment][1906]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session opened for user gdm(uid=42) by (uid=0)`  
`Feb 9 19:07:27 localhost gdm-password][2842]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file`  
`Feb 9 19:07:27 localhost gdm-password][2842]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session`  
`Feb 9 19:07:27 localhost (systemd)[6373]: pam_unix(systemd-user:session): session opened for user francis(uid=1000) by francis(uid=0)`  
`Feb 9 19:07:28 localhost gdm-password][2842]: pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user francis(uid=1000) by francis(uid=0)`  
`Feb 9 19:07:28 localhost gdm-password][2842]: gkr-pam: gnome-keyring-daemon started properly and unlocked keyring`  
`Feb 9 19:07:39 localhost gdm-launch-environment][1906]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session closed for user gdm`

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**Author:** ![FrancisKing381](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/977dab/32.png) [@FrancisKing381](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/FrancisKing381)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194/4 "2026-02-10T12:40:09Z")

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If this is the error, it is, apparently, cosmetic in nature - although it does rather defeat the purpose of warning the system administrator that someone tried to log on, and failed.

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/login-works-ok-no-problems-but-i-get-an-extra-login-failure-message/20194/5 "2026-04-11T12:41:01Z")

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